OK. I'm the same age as JM (I think). I've no idea what was hip in Modesto but in Manhattan, where I grew up, that look was 5-10 years behind the times.
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Jon B. - May 16, 2003 3:37:45 pm PDT #475 of 10001
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Burrell - May 16, 2003 3:38:45 pm PDT #476 of 10001
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Well, he's about my sister's age, and all her (male) friends who could grow them had them.
He's 40, right? So he woulda started HS in either '79 or '80 I'm guessing. If memory serves me right, that 'fro look was worn but no longer cool. Surfer was cool. Punk was even cooler. Airsupply was not.
Katie M - May 16, 2003 3:42:14 pm PDT #477 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
My brother's a couple of years younger, and he totally had hair like that in high school. Natural, mind you. Of course, that doesn't argue for coolness.
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See, the yearbook headshot makes me think Brooke Shields. I dunno.
sumi - May 16, 2003 3:46:30 pm PDT #478 of 10001
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Hmmm, I think with hair that curly he probably didn't have much choice except to cut it really short. (Which also wasn't that cool.)
Cashmere - May 16, 2003 4:01:35 pm PDT #479 of 10001
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Did his "real" voice bother anyone else during the A&E thing? Everytime he came on the screen and started talking, he wasn't so...Spike...anymore. Did not likey.
I didn't see the A&E thing--but I do avoid cons and interviews with James to avoid this.
Cashmere - May 16, 2003 4:05:05 pm PDT #480 of 10001
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cereal to add that I've finally gotten the nerve to click the links to the pictures. Not as bad as I was expecting. Totally early 80's. At least his curl is natural. My dad had the 80's 'fro and it was a perm. * shudder *
Susan W. - May 16, 2003 4:10:10 pm PDT #481 of 10001
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I've no idea what was hip in Modesto but in Manhattan, where I grew up, that look was 5-10 years behind the times.
From my brief stay in Modesto (for my bro and SIL's wedding), I have to say it's not exactly the most happening corner of California. I'd buy them being a bit behind Manhattan trends.
Which reminds me I really need to find out if SIL ever knew JM. She's only a few years older, and IIRC he's a Methodist PK, and her family faithfully attended the biggest Methodist church in town...
Jean A. - May 16, 2003 4:12:54 pm PDT #482 of 10001
Well, I'm about the same age as JM, and I can tell you that I went to high school with plenty of curly-headed boys who had hair-dos (hair-don'ts?) just like his. It was the Ugly Decade, after all.
Those yearbook pictures are priceless. And if I read the very small type correctly, JM played Thoreau in The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, a play I was in back in high school. (I was Ralph Waldo Emerson's wife, Lydian.) Loved that play to death. It makes me very weirdly happy to know that JM was in the same play.
Typo Boy - May 16, 2003 4:19:52 pm PDT #483 of 10001
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I totally had hair like Marsters in high school - a few years earlier - completely natural. It can't be that uncommon among Jewish kids (me - not Marsters as far as I know) cause I've heard it called a "Jewfro".
ted r - May 16, 2003 4:25:01 pm PDT #484 of 10001
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